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Judge: New York Times Must Reveal Anthrax Sources From Kristof Columns (NYT)
A federal judge ordered the paper to disclose columnist Nicholas Kristof's confidential sources as part of a libel lawsuit filed by former Army scientists Steven Hatfill over the newspaper's coverage of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five. A Times spokeswoman says the paper will appeal. WaPo: In a series of columns in 2002, Kristof criticized the FBI for failing to aggressively pursue a scientist he initially called "Mr. Z." He wrote that the biodefense community had called Mr. Z a "likely culprit," partly because the scientist was familiar with anthrax.

AP Photog Kidnapped in Gaza (AP via Yahoo)
Emilio Morenatti, the photographer, was heading out of his apartment for an AP car, where an AP driver and translator was waiting. The translator said four gunmen grabbed his keys and phone and pressed a gun to his head and threatening to harm him if he moved. They grabbed Morenatti, shoved him into a car and drove off. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Web Publishers Blast Anti-Porn Law in Court (AP via Seattle P-I)
Salon.com, Nerve.com and other plaintiffs warned that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act could be used to criminalize such things as sexual health information, erotic literature and news photographs of naked prisoners tortured at Abu Ghraib. The law would impose a $50,000 fine and six-month prison term on commercial Web site operators that allow minors to view such content.

All About the Benjamins: The Source Must Pay $14.5M to Ex-Editor (NYDN)
A federal jury in Manhattan yesterday ruled that The Source magazine and its two founders must pay $14.5 million to a former top editor who described a raunched-out workplace where executives watched porn, smoked pot and called female employees "bitches." "I feel like I've been vindicated," said Kimberly Osorio, who was canned last year.

Google Lets Sites Create Customized Search Tools (LAT)
Google Inc. has unveiled a radically new approach to online searches, offering a free service that lets a Web site operator create a tailored search engine to scour an index of handpicked sites. Google's Custom Search Engine adds human intelligence to the company's hyper-efficient automated process, presumably increasing the relevance to the user.

Business Week Plant Worker Pleads Guilty (LAT)
A former worker at a Wisconsin printing plant pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he leaked the names of stocks mentioned in Business Week before the magazine was mailed. Nickolaus Shuster told a judge in Manhattan federal court that he tipped two people to the names of the stocks that were to be favorably mentioned in the Inside Wall Street column.

Time Inc. May Break Up Mags to Make Sale (NYP)
Keith Kelly: The first-round bids for the 18 magazines that Time Inc. is auctioning off are due next week and Hearst, Condé Nast and Rodale are not expected to submit bids. However, Hachette Filipacchi and Bonnier Group are expected to bid, as is Curtco Media. But the majority of bidders are expected to be private-equity firms that are looking to establish or expand their footprint in the U.S. FBNY: Time Inc. chief Ann Moore says overseeing Time Inc.'s magazines is "like having 149 children that need to go to college at the same time."

Carson Daly Contest to Give NBC Airtime to YouTube Cinematographers (NYDN)
It's Your Show TV — the brainchild of Daly and financed by NBC — is asking viewers to submit short videos throughout October and early November. There's a cash prize of $1,000 for the winners of each of 18 challenges, and a chance to compete for $100,000 and the opportunity to get their video on NBC. Guardian: Could the short, anarchic movies now springing up on YouTube ever rival mainstream cinema? Film critic Peter Bradshaw confesses to a growing addiction.

Fewer Women on News Since Couric's Debut (B&C)
In the first six weeks of Katie Couric's tenure atop the CBS Evening News, women have received 40 percent fewer assignments than they did under her predecessor, Bob Schieffer. Men, meanwhile, have seen no cutback in their workload. That is the one result of an array of changes to the content, form and presentation of the newscast instituted under Couric.

Niche Advertising on a Whole New Level: Unisys Targets Just 20 Execs With Personalized Ads (WSJ)
Around 20 high-ranking executives at corporations such as Subaru of America, DHL, Citigroup and Northwest Airlines will get a surprise when Fortune magazine arrives on their desks this week. Each will find his or her own face gracing the cover wrapping the actual Fortune edition, part of an advertising play conducted by information-technology company Unisys.

If You Don't Buy This Newspaper ... We'll Shoot Your Democracy (Slate)
Jack Shafer: Why do so many journalists inflate the importance of their role in our culture? I suspect that the egotistical proclamations of journalists really mask the low esteem they hold for the total product they produce. If you fillet the average daily newspaper, relatively little of the democracy-enhancing, life-sustaining reportage they boast about actually gets printed.

Oprah Nabs African-Adoption Interview With Madonna (AP via USAT)
Madonna will speak to talk show host Oprah Winfrey about her decision to adopt a 13-month-old Malawian boy — the first television interview for the pop star since her adoption became an international controversy. The interview is scheduled to tape today and air tomorrow.

Newspapers Won't Say Who Won a Debate — They Should (CSM)
Dante Chinni: In their desire to be seen as fair and unbiased, many of the mainstream news media have lapsed into not telling their audiences much of anything. Debate stories almost always end up fitting into the well-known and well-worn template of "candidates clash," followed by a few paragraphs of allegations and responses from each. What's missing is what the voters crave — context.

Election Covering Shifting From Horse-Race to Game Over? (CJR Daily)
Paul McLeary: The coverage of the campaign has been marked by a series of competing claims for dominance by a number of storylines, none of which has really managed to become the story around which to wrap the coverage as a whole. Over the past week or two however, we've seen a definite shift in the coverage toward running highly flattering portraits of the Democratic Party's main players.

Remembering TV's Jane Wyatt (WaPo)
Tom Shales: To recall Jane Wyatt as having personified "the mother of all mothers" on Father Knows Best might be accurate, but the phrase invokes unfortunate geopolitical associations. It would be better to call her "the mom of all moms," because watching her run her home from our homes week after week engendered feelings of closeness, intimacy and maybe even a sort of vicarious dependency.